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FA6304 Le monachine / The Little Nuns
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part I-8

LE MONACHINE [THE LITTLE NUNS] (1964)

Le Monachine is an Italian comedy, directed by Luciano Salce, and once again starring Catherine Spaak. She plays Sister Celeste, the leader of a group of three young and innocent nuns who come to Rome to mount a protest against an airline which has been flying jet planes over their convent school. Once in Rome the naïve and innocent sisters find themselves somewhat overawed by the world, and they are chaperoned around the city by the airline’s CEO Livio Bertana (Amedeo Nazzari). Of course, as is the way of things in movies like this, the sophisticated Bertana and the virginal Sister Celeste begin to have decidedly sacrilegious feelings for each other.

Morricone’s score – the third one he wrote for director Salce in four years – is lively and whimsical Bach-inspired piece which is used to accompany the gently comic misadventures of the nuns, let loose in the big city for the first time. The main theme, “Fughetta nell’Orto,” is a playful tune for harpsichord accompanied by rapped snare drums and flighty flutes, where the melody is often doubled by xylophone. It has a cheeky, cheerful feeling, with pseudo-religious overtones undermined by a more carefree joie de vivre.

An extended vinyl EP of the music was released around the time the film came out, featuring around 12 minutes of music. CAM Records released a slightly expanded the score for the first time on CD in 1992, paired with the scoress for the 1979 film Professione Figlio and the 1972 film Sonny & Jed, also known as La Banda J.S.: Cronaca Criminale del Far West. Once again, the main theme from “Fughetta nell’Orto” can also be found on the comprehensive 15-CD compilation Ennio Morricone: The Complete Edition, released by GDM Music in 2008.

Track Listing: 1. Al Convento (2:10), 2. Monachine Can Can (0:46), 3. Fughetta nell’Orto (0:45), 4. Preludietto, Fughetta e Finalino (0:56), 5. Pavana Per le Suorine (0:55), 6. Piccolo Interludio (1:30), 7. Intermezzo Aleatorio (1:33), 8. In Preghiera (1:01), 9. Giochetti Infantili (0:39), 10. Come Una Ninna Nanna (2:48), 11. Confronto Spirituale (0:54). CAM Records CAM- 74321130752, 13 minutes 57 seconds
August 13, 2017
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Al convento (02:10)
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Monachine can can (00:46)
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Fughetta nell'orto (00:45)
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Preludietto, fughetta e finalino (00:56)
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Pavana per le suorine (00:55)
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Piccolo interludio (01:30)
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Intermezzo aleatorio (01:33)
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In preghiera (01:01)
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Giochetti infantili (00:39)
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Come una ninna nanna (02:48)
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Confronto spirituale (00:54)
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Attachment: About Jonathan Broxton
Jon is a film music critic and journalist, who since 1997 has been the editor and chief reviewer for Movie Music UK, one of the world’s most popular English-language film music websites, and is the president of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Over the last 20+ years Jon has written over 3,000 reviews and articles and conducted numerous composer interviews. In print, Jon has written reviews and articles for publications such as Film Score Monthly, Soundtrack Magazine and Music from the Movies, and has written liner notes for two of Prometheus Records’ classic Basil Poledouris score releases, “Amanda” and “Flyers/Fire on the Mountain”. He also contributed a chapter to Tom Hoover’s book “Soundtrack Nation: Interviews with Today’s Top Professionals in Film, Videogame, and Television Scoring”, published in 2011. In the late 1990s Jon was a film music consultant to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and worked with them on the films “Relative Values” with music by John Debney, and “The Ring of the Buddha” with music by Oliver Heise, as well as on a series of concerts with Randy Newman. In 2012, Jon chaired one of the “festival academies” at the 5th Annual Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland. He is a member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the premier nonprofit organization for composers, lyricists, and songwriters working motion pictures, television, and multimedia. (Here)
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